# Dora (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dora/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,054 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,943 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 292,927 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.7% (1,061 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dora in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 64% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dora in Austria.

## People named Dora

- Josefine Dora, Austrian actress (1867-1944)

## Similar surnames

Doerr, Dorr, Dore, Doria, Dray, Dorey, Dyer, Dwyer, Drew, Derr, Durr, Darr.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.